1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIES. 495 



Arizona cannot be separated from T. centetes ; but from their slightly 

 paler colouring may perhaps be regarded as forming a connecting 

 link between the Northern and Southern forms. 



Platyptilia, Hb. 

 Platyptilia pusillidactyla, Wkr. 



Oxyptilus pusillidactylus, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins, B. M. xxx. p. 933 



(1864). 



N. svn.= PI a typtilia tecnidion, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. 

 pp. 468-9, pi. vi.~ fig. 162 (1877). 



Imago, February {Z.). 



West Indies — Jamaica (Wkr.), St. Thomas {Z.). 



Platyptilia, sp., Snell. 



Platyptilia, sp., Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxx. p. 66 (1887). 



West Indies — Curacao {Snell.), 



Stenoptilia, Hb. 

 Stenoptilia? pumilio, Z. 



Mimeseoptilus pumilio, Z. Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiii. p. 324 



(1873). 



United States. — Texas {Z.). 



West Indies — St. Vincent (windward side, 2 specimens, Smith). 



The slender erect palpi as well as the neuration appear to separate 

 this species from Mimeseoptilus, Wlgrn. ( = Stenoptilia, Hb.), the 

 genus in which it was placed by Zeller. The same form occurs in 

 other species from South America ; but I prefer to study more 

 material before coming to a decision upon its generic value. 



Alucita, L. 



ALUCITA THOMjE, Z. 



Leioptilus tkomce, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. pp. 480-1, pi. vi 

 fig. 170 (1877). 



Imago. December (Z.). 



West Indies — St. Thomas (Z.). 



Alucita basalis, Mschl. 



Oedematophorus basalis, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat, Ges.xv. pp. 345-6, 

 354(1890). 



West Indies — Portorico {Mschl.). 



Alucita paleaceus, Z. 



Leioptilus paleaceus, Z. Ver. z.-b. Wien, xxiii. pp. 326-7 

 (1873). 



Pteropliorus paleaceus, Mschl. Ab. SencV Nat. Ge* xv. pp. 346, 

 354 (1890). 



United States.— Ohio {Z.\ Texas (Z.). 



West Indies — Portorico {Mschl.). 

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